The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-05-26

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tho lumber districts Of northern Michigan
and Wisconsin suffered by fire as now.
West OF Michigamme five construction
camps Of the Duluth, South Shore & At
lantic road burned. Two lumber camps
were also burned. Over million feet OF
standing pine have been destroyed. The
people Of Champion and Michisamms vii.
are fighting in the flames to save the towns.
Baraga. Mich, il in danger. Fires are
burning near L'Anse. Calumet, Ne
gaunre, Antrain, Republic, Three Lakes,
Metropolitan and other villages. The
losses will be up in the hundred thousands.
Paymaster Bush. who was found guilty
OF carelessness by the court Of inquiry at
Fort Robinson for permitting himself
to be robbed OF $500 in government
funds blythe cowboy, Charley Parker. has
made good the amount lost.
Senator Logan's widow has never recov.
cred from the shock occasioned by the gen.
where his coffin is deposited at the Wash.
ington cemetery.
The critics OF the civil service act who
have complained that the effect OF the new
rules will be to cause some of the present
clerks to TALL back to lower grades do not
admit that such an operation OF the rules
would, in many, cases, simply be :: &c., r.
some some instances il; so all that :...tntalsSsd IT'S
c!erk OF dl'1e-c CLASSES il The amount Of
'a.r.-r.ee. There Is one division at ieast "a
which fret, second and third.Sla9s clerks
do the. same work: In sbme 81 the divis.
ions, clerks VINO are paid only 5000 do as
good Work az those who receive $1,000.
Some Of the second and third class clerks
are not competent to do work in their
proper grades.
i; Senator James Beck OF Kentucky was In
Chicago, few days ago. He said: While
not as much in favor. Of 1t then Is he is
now: He bag come 70 Tho conclusion that
the nc" law is a beneficial one, much more
chan he had anticipated, and hereafter no
will be strong champion OF it. He ie
especially impressed with the power OF the
new law in putting An end to certain m OH OF
olies, the'principal ohe being The Standard
Oil company, which will Hereafter be de.
prived Of many benefits it now enjoys, for
the railways will no longer be able to pay
secret rebates OF 40 per cent OF the rate re-
ceived for freight. ...-.~ss'~>. .--~-.
The will OF tho late Hon. A. c. DePauw.
was p1obsted The. estate is valued
at$7 100000 He gives $1,000; 600 joint.
ly to his vile and daughter; .$32, 600 And
$3S, 600 respectively, in cash t3 his two
sons besides lands. The DePa,,w univer:
eity oi Greencastle. Ind, gets 5000, 900,
and various churches, missionary societ-
les and charitable Institutions the balance
of the estate:
The grand lodge, Knights OF Pythias Of
Montana. at the third annual meeting el-
ected the following. r.. A.. Walker, past
grand chancellor: j. E. Richards, Butte,
grand chancellor: A. j. Seligman, Helena.
vice chancellor; John c. Evans, Butte,
grand keeper OF seals and records.
Fifteen men hold mp train in Texas, in.
tlmldate the passengers and secure over
81 900 in cash.
Abner G. Cody, one OF the most expert
passers OF counterfeit mony in tho United
States, has been arrested near Painted
Post. He is seventy.two years old. and
has been in the business since he was six.
teen years old. Government officers hav6
been huhting him for ten years:
c Grace Leslie, leadihs: lady 81 the Kate
d railroad accident near Denver.
Six persons have been killed and robbed
In the vicinity of Ordran. a small town in
Austria Silesia, by man who was recent
ly released from prison.
At the close Of the visit OF Bishop Irel and
to St. Thomas seminary St. Paul, Rev.
Mr.. COMFY, q student in the deacon's or
der. rendered the bishop a Welcome of tbs
students. During his sojourn abroad Bish-
Up. Ireland purchased many thousand val
liable works; which he has presented to
the seminary library:
At Wells, d young man named Charles
Gooding was assaulted by Gottleb Was
chk while crossing the land of the latter.
Waschk threw a heavy sharp-pointed file
at Gooding which entered his back below
the the shoulder blade, cutting and ugly
wound and piercing the lung cavity. Good
Is in jail in default OF 81. 500 bonds.
The marriage of Miss Helen, eldest daush.
ter Of ex-Lieut. Gov: Gilman OF st. Cloud,
to George 8. Rankin of Saltwater is an.
nounced to occur early in June.
w. w. Williams. late editor OF the stand
ard OF Albert Lea, has been appointed
weighmaster and John Heising inspector
OF wheat, both with headquarters at MINI.
oapolis.
w. P. Clough, Northern Pacific counsel,
resigns to 60 to the Manitoba company.
The Westminster Pres byterian Church
OF st. Paul accepts the resignation OF Rev.
G. c. Herrott
R. R. Briggs, d prominent attorney OF
Morhead, is dangerously i'll Of typhoid
pneum onia.
The Reform School Commission in ses-
sion at St. Paul, reconsidered the vote by
which the school was located at Red Wing
and commenced to vote again on the towns
to be chosen. The informal ballot stood:
Shakopee. 3; Hasting, 3; and Red Wing 3.
But when the last formal ballot was taken
there were six votes for locating the school
on the Spates farm ut Red Wing, and that
settled the contest: The farm has about
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resolution was unanimously passed to pur.
chase it. The buildings to be erected upon
it will comprise sixteen in number, and
cost about 100000.
The following appointments have been
made in the general land office: George K.
Bradford OF Louisiana and Richard C.
Wintersmith OF Kentucky, fraudulent land
entry agents; John Mason of Virginia and
Arthur Grabowski of Georgia, timber de.
probation. agents
Pat Sheedy has stated TO correspond
emit in Rochester, N. Y, that Sullivan will
fight Jake Kilrain for S., 900, the fight to
take place in some park or building, the
winner to take two-thirds of the gate re-
celpts, and no more than six rounds will
be fought. The story hardly seems prob
able, as the challenge is for prize ring rules
and six rounds would be q pretty short
fight.
1t is understood that the sentence OF dis
missal awaits Lieut.. j. H. G. Wilcox,
Troop A, Seventh cavalry, recently tried
by court martial at Fort Smelling on a
charge OF duplicating pay accounts and
absence from post duties without leave.
A synopsis of the business in the general
land Office shows the number OF acres OF
land selected under the several swamp
land grants since 1S49 to May IA, 1887,
to be II. APT ,466; number Of acres patent
ed to the several states under the swamp
land acts to May, IA, 1887, 56,74 1925;
amount OF indemnity in money for swamp
lands sold and allowed the several states
to May II, 1887, 81 ,5O4, 500; number OF
acres OF indemnity in land allowed, includ.
ing out standing indemnity certificates. to
May II, 1887, 731, 544.
The Northern Pacific has reduced Mer.
chandise rates mt nj ST. E1o ri g fo Ok m,